We started our morning with a boat cruise on West Lake. It was raining, so the lake was all misty and mystic looking. Pretty magical! There are romantic legends from Hangzhou. One is about a white snake that turned into a lady and fell in love with a local boy. The bridges and places we saw are part of these legends and it makes it so romantic and charming to know the story and see the setting and let your imagination play along!!
From the boat, we went to the Pagoda of the White Snake Lady. The original crumbled from locals taking bricks for good luck. It was rebuilt to ensure balance to the lake. We climbed all the way to the top and had a beautiful view of the lake below. If only it had been sunny! I went to the top and back down by stairs, not elevator :)
It must be killing you that there is no sun since you've been there!!! You are a child of the sun and it's so cloudy and rainy there...but I love it! Thanks for sharing all of these pics. I feel like I am right next to you!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking how you brighten up each photo you are in. Except the one where your face is all dark! Lol! I like the one where you have the fuschia umbrella though, that really brightens up that gray day.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that sculpture of the snake lady, wow, I wish I could have seen that. So many beautiful things!
Actually, after experiencing full sun and feeling 20 degrees HOTTER with the humidity, it's probably good we had a good amount of rain :)
ReplyDeleteSO MANY beautiful things! I'll be putting up a lot of pics on facebook the next few days!